My Strange Dream Essay (100 words, using Past Simple and Past Continuous)

Have you ever woken up in a sweat after a strange dream? Use this common occurrence to introduce the use of these two common verb tenses. The past simple and the past continuous are often used when telling stories to show that one action interrupts another. This lesson uses silly, crazy stories to make sure your students remember what they’ve learned. You’ll start by telling everyone about a strange dream you had last night (text provided), introduce the grammar of the lesson with some guided practice, and finish by having students compete to come up with the strangest dream using everything they’ve learned in the lesson.

she learned to understand that physical beauty wasn’t as important as being a good person.